Innovate, Create, Collaborate: Lessons from the Social Butterfly Social Care Magazine Project

“By the end of this workshop the participants will

• Understand how creative methods can enrich social care education and practice by fostering innovation, connection, and engagement and through exploring theor own creativity.

• Gain insights into student-staff collaboration, with reflections on the challenges and rewards of co-creating a digital magazine and reflect on their own collaborative practices.

• Learn how the creative approaches introduced can be adapted to social care settings, engaging people who use services and enhancing practice and think about other transferable skills learned.

• Reflect on how exploring creativity can empower participants to bring new perspectives and methods into their own practice leading to personal and professional growth.

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